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The Bengaluru wintertime meeting, comprising 24 contention days with an aggregate prize wealth of ₹13.84 crore, is scheduled to beryllium held betwixt November 1 and March 21, 2026, it was announced astatine a property league jointly addressed by Ramesh Manjunath, ex. president of the BTC and Zavaray S. Poonawalla connected Wednesday.
The minimum guaranteed stakes for the Bangalore 1000 Guineas, Bangalore 2000 Guineas and Bangalore Oaks volition beryllium ₹40 lakh each and for the Bangalore wintertime Derby ₹1.5 crore with Mr. Poonawalla contributing 30% of the above-mentioned stakes.
Furthermore, station GST 40%, the nine had initiated assorted cost-cutting measures to combat gross losses from the tote, which included a projected simplification successful the involvement money.
To code this issue, Mr. Poonawalla has voluntarily offered an magnitude of ₹1 crore to guarantee there’s nary simplification successful the prize money.
About 100 jockeys and 31 ‘A’ licensed trainers are expected to instrumentality portion successful the wintertime meeting.
